Global Issues & ODA

Natural disasters are a serious threat to human security and obstacle to poverty eradication and sustainable development. Japan has provided international cooperation in the area of disaster risk reduction with its knowledge and expertise acquired through experiences of various natural disasters.

• Meeting between Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs ERI Arfiya and Mr. Kamal Kishore, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction and head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) (August 21, 2025)
• Video Message from Foreign Minister IWAYA for the “World Tsunami Awareness Day 2024” Event (at the United Nations Headquarters, New York) (November 6, 2024)
• Courtesy Call on State Minister for Foreign Affairs SUZUKI Takako by Ms. MIZUTORI Mami, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, and Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (June 1, 2022)
• Online event marking "World Tsunami Awareness Day" (November 11, 2021)
• The 1st Annual Meeting on Japan-Turkey Disaster Risk Reduction Cooperation (December 11, 2019)
• Side Event of the G20 Development Working Group on "Prospects on Achieving Disaster Risk Reduction Agenda" (March 26, 2019)
• Side Event of the G20 Development Working Group "Prospects on Achieving Disaster Risk Reduction Agenda" (February 19, 2019)
• Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (March 2015)
• World Ministerial Conference on Disaster Reduction in Tohoku (July 2012)
• World Conference on Disaster Reduction（January 2005）